Murata Shuko

• Born: 1422
• Died: 1502
• Japanese: 村田珠光 (Murata Shukou)

Murata Shukô was a tea master, considered the father of tea ceremony, and credited with originating the tradition of appreciation of the wabi aesthetic.

References

• Morgan Pitelka. "Art, Agency, and Networks in the Career of Tokugawa Ieyasu." in A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 459.